#BC9E57#BC9E57

#BC9E57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E57
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 2.17, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 40.92, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0051 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.097 87)
XYZ	xyz(34.6876, 35.8350, 14.1047)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E57 #5775BC

analogous

#BC6C57 #BC9E57 #A8BC57

triadic

#BC9E57 #57BC9E #9E57BC

tetradic

#BC9E57 #57BC6C #5775BC #BC57A8

square

#BC9E57 #57BC6C #5775BC #BC57A8

split-complementary

#BC9E57 #57A8BC #6C57BC

monochromatic

#6D5A2C #997E3D #BC9E57 #CDB783 #DFD1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BC9E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E57

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E57	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba88',
    500: '#bc9e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e57;
$custom-light: #d2ba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.178,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71115,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.35833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E57

secondary

#A2AFCD

accent

#7AD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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